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Black-crowned Pitta

Erythropitta venusta (Müller, S 1836)

The graceful pitta, sometimes alternatively known as the black-crowned pitta (although another species is more regularly called black-crowned pitta, is a species of bird in the family Pittidae which occurs in Sumatra, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Pittidae
Genus:
   Erythropitta
Scientific:
  Erythropitta venusta


Original description

Citation:
  (Müller, S 1836)

Reference:
   Tijdschr. Natuurl. Geschied. Physiol. 2, pt.3 p.348 pl.V[=8] fig.4

Imprint year:
  1835

Protonym:
  Pitta venusta

Type locality:
  western Sumatra.

Link:
  https://books.google.ca/books?id=XERnAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA348#v=onepage&f=false


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  0DEAE4E7A6D156F8

Avibase ID:
  avibase-0DEAE4E7

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/0DEAE4E7


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562248

Geographic range:

  • Erythropitta venusta: highlands of Sumatra
English:
Black-crowned Pitta
Catalan:
pita graciós
Czech:
pita horská
Danish:
Sumatrapitta
German:
Maronenpitta
Spanish:
Pita Graciosa
Spanish (Spain):
Pita Graciosa
Finnish:
vuorikorupitta
French:
Brève gracieuse
Croatian:
planinska pita
Hungarian:
vénuszpitta
Italian:
Pitta capinera
Japanese (romaji):
sumatorayairochou
Japanese:
スマトラヤイロチョウ
Lithuanian:
Dailioji pita
Dutch:
Zwartkruinpitta
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Venuspitta
Norwegian:
Venuspitta
Polish:
kurtaczek czarnogłowy
Portuguese:
pita-da-enfileirada-baixa
Portuguese (Portugal):
pita-graciosa
Russian:
Изящная питта
Slovak:
pita červeno-čierna
Swedish:
sumatrajuveltrast
Ukrainian:
Піта суматранська
Chinese:
黑冠八色鸫
Chinese (Traditional):
黑冠八色鳥


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Brève gracieuse ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Brève gracieuse ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Black-crowned Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Pitta venusta venusta [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Graceful Pitta ( Erythropitta venusta) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Graceful Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Pitta venusta venusta [version 2]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Pitta venusta venusta [version 2]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Black-crowned Pitta ( Pitta venusta) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Pitta venusta [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Erythropitta venusta [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Erythropitta [granatina, ussheri or venusta] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Azerbaijani: qəşəng pitta
Catalan: pita graciós
Czech: Pita cernokorunkatá, pita horská
Danish: Sumatrapitta
German: Maronenpitta, Maronenrückenpitta, Schwarzscheitelpitta, Schwarzscheitel-Pitta
English: Black crowned Pitta, Black-and-scarlet Pitta, Black-crowned Garnet Pitta, Black-crowned Pitta, Graceful Pitta
English, HBW: Graceful Pitta
English (IOC): Graceful Pitta
English (United States): Graceful Pitta
Esperanto: Gracia pito
Spanish: Pita de Corona Negra, Pita Graciosa
Spanish (Spain): Pita Graciosa
Spanish (HBW): Graceful Pitta
Estonian: tõmmupita
Finnish: Pikkukorupitta, vuorikorupitta
French: Brève à couronne, Brève gracieuse
Croatian: planinska pita
Hungarian: vénuszpitta
Indonesian: Paok, Paok Topi-hitam
Italian: Pitta capinera, Pitta granatina corona nera
Japanese (romaji): sumatorayairochou
Japanese: スマトラヤイロチョウ
Scientific: Erythropitta venusta, Pitta venusta, Pitta venusta venusta
Lithuanian: Dailioji pita
Dutch: Zwartkruinpitta
Norwegian Nynorsk: Venuspitta
Norwegian: Venuspitta
Polish: kurtaczek czarnoglowy, kurtaczek czarnogłowy
Portuguese: pita-da-enfileirada-baixa
Portuguese (Portugal): pita-graciosa
Russian: Изящная питта
Slovak: pita červeno-čierna
Swedish: sumatrajuveltrast, Sumatrapitta
Turkish: Zarif pitta
Ukrainian: Піта суматранська
Chinese: 黑冠八色鸫
Chinese (Traditional): 黑冠八色鳥

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